Backbone.js

Backbone.js
Developer(s)	Jeremy Ashkenas
Initial release	October 13, 2010; 10 years ago
Stable release	1.4.0 / 19 February 2019; 2 years ago
Repository	Backbone.js Repository
Written in	JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Size	7.9 KB production; 72 KB development
Type	JavaScript library
License	MIT
Website	backbonejs.org

Backbone.js is a JavaScript library with a RESTful JSON interface and is based on the model–view–controller application design paradigm. Backbone is known for being lightweight, as its only hard dependency is on one JavaScript library,^[2]Underscore.js, plus jQuery for use of the full library.^[3] It is designed for developing single-page web applications,^[4] and for keeping various parts of web applications (e.g. multiple clients and the server) synchronized.^[5] Backbone was created by Jeremy Ashkenas, who is also known for CoffeeScript and Underscore.js.

When handling the DOM Backbone.js adopts an imperative programming style, in contrast with a declarative programming style (common in AngularJS using data-attributes).^[6] Trying to provide "the minimal set of data-structuring (models and collections) and user interface (views and URLs)",^[7] leaves to the developer the choice of extensions for enhanced functionality. For example, one can use nested views with Backbone Layout Manager or model-view binding with ReSTbasis.

Use

The following web applications are built with Backbone.js:^[8]

500px Web^[9]
Airbnb^[7]
Diaspora^[7]
Digg^[10]
DocumentCloud^[7]
Drupal 8^[11]
Foursquare^[7]
Grooveshark^[7]
Groupon Now^[7]
Hearsay Systems Advisor Cloud
Hulu^[7]
NewsBlur^[12]
Nextcloud
Openbravo Mobile (with Enyo).^[13]
Pandora Radio^[7]
ReSTbasis
SoundCloud^[7]
Strideapp^[7]
Trello^[7]
USA Today.com^[7]
WordPress.com^[7]
verizon.com^[7]
xTuple (with Enyo).^[14]
Ezbob

References

^ http://backbonejs.org/#changelog.
^ Alex MacCaw (18 August 2011). JavaScript Web Applications. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4493-0351-8. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
^ Dependencies, BackboneJS, October 14, 2015
^ "What SendHub Learned Building a Single-Page Backbone.js App", ReadWriteWeb
^ "Behind the rumours: how we built our Twitter riots interactive", The Guardian, London, 8 December 2011
^ "Backbone.js". backbonejs.org. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Backbone.js".
^ "Companies and Websites using Backbone.js". Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
^ "Organizing Your Company to Embrace Microservices". InfoQ.
^ John Paul Titlow (22 July 2013). "Inside The Tech Stack Digg Used To Replace Google Reader". Co.Labs. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ "Backbone.js and Underscore.js are bundled into Drupal 8".
^ Backbonification: migrating a large JavaScript project from DOM spaghetti to Backbone.js Archived 2013-01-20 at archive.today, Samuel Clay (NewsBlur) 13th November 2012
^ "Mobile UI Components". Retrieved 2014-03-22.
^ "A Shorter Letter". Retrieved 2014-03-22.

External links

Official website

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[wikidata-48c2b876382e30d601ccb987d149a3e1ad4b38fa-v3-1] ttp://backbonejs.org/#changelog.

[2] Alex MacCaw (18 August 2011). JavaScript Web Applications. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4493-0351-8. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

[3] Dependencies, BackboneJS, October 14, 2015

[4] "What SendHub Learned Building a Single-Page Backbone.js App", ReadWriteWeb

[5] "Behind the rumours: how we built our Twitter riots interactive", The Guardian, London, 8 December 2011

[6] "Backbone.js". backbonejs.org. Retrieved 2017-06-01.

[backbonejs.org-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Backbone.js".

[8] "Companies and Websites using Backbone.js". Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2019-06-01.

[9] "Organizing Your Company to Embrace Microservices". InfoQ.

[10] John Paul Titlow (22 July 2013). "Inside The Tech Stack Digg Used To Replace Google Reader". Co.Labs. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

[11] "Backbone.js and Underscore.js are bundled into Drupal 8".

[newsblur-12] Backbonification: migrating a large JavaScript project from DOM spaghetti to Backbone.js Archived 2013-01-20 at archive.today, Samuel Clay (NewsBlur) 13th November 2012

[13] "Mobile UI Components". Retrieved 2014-03-22.

[14] "A Shorter Letter". Retrieved 2014-03-22.

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